I’m under the gun tonight, so I’m not going to have a chance to comment on it. But here’s a link to CAAF’s opinion in United States v. Ranney, __ M.J. ___, No. 08-0596/AF (C.A.A.F. Apr. 14, 2009). CAAF splits 3-2 in ruling that the accused’s act of driving after his license was revoked was a violation of a lawful order under Article 92 rather than violation of the traffic review officer’s order in violation of Article 90. Judge Ryan wrote for the majority with Judges Stucky and Baker dissenting. The court ruled unanimously in rejecting a challenge to a conviction for violating a Marine gunny’s order to Technical Sergeant Ranney–an Air Force E-6–not to engage in an unprofessional relationship with a female Marine E-3.

Big political elements. The Corps and Navy are huge on not letting their “non-rates” have any fun at night. The reason is our attempts to keep the good people of Japan happy and the William Jefferson Clinton birth home memorial open.

There is no way they could do anything else. Otherwise, they would be admitting “Air Force enlisted are a higher form of life and can do as they wish in their lives; Navy/Marines are sub-human slaves who must be under the field bosses control at all times”.

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